FISHING -- Anglers who catch chinook salmon on the upper Columbia River with a hole punched in the tail fin must release them, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The fish, which include wild and hatchery fall chinook, have been sedated with…
WILDLIFE -- For the first time in Washington, wildlife managers have found in deer a viral infection known as Adenovirus Hemorrhagic Disease, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife reports. Officials confirmed AHD, which can be deadly to deer, in a herd east of Goldendale…
WILDFIRES – A 50th anniversary public commemoration of the Sundance fire, which killed two firefighters in North Idaho, is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 2, at a U.S. Forest Service bridge 13 miles up the Pack River Road from US 95 north of…
HUNTING -- Relief is in sight for archers and dove hunters who have been trying to sign up on Washington's online "hunt by reservation" system, which has been down for weeks. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials say the Hunt by Reservation system will…
STEWARDSHIP -- Come alone, with your family or with a group and join hundreds of people for the fun and satisfaction of sprucing up the river that runs through our city and our lives. "The Annual Spokane River Clean-Up is a great chance give back...
FISHING -- Extremely low returns of steelhead this season have prompted Washington to restrict steelhead fishing to catch-and-release on the main Snake River this season. In some Snake tributaries, such as the Grande Ronde, the emergency rules will allow a daily limit of one adipose...
WILDLIFE -- An insidious pest is killing about 70 percent of moose calves across Maine and New Hampshire, The Boston Globe reports, and their deadly work is being aided by warming temperatures and shorter winters that allow the parasites to survive longer, scientists believe. "They...
PUBLIC LANDS – The U.S. Forest Service has issued a draft decision consenting to exploratory drilling in the Green River valley, just outside the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. A 45-day objection periods started on Tuesday. Permits would allow a Canadian mining company, Ascot…
HIKING -- My dog, Ranger, and I followed Idaho Panhandle National Forest Trail 563 on Saturday with a group led by the Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness up to the abandoned lookout site of East Fork Peak. The route up the East Fork of...
OUTLAWS -- The battle against aerial harassment of wildlife continues as Grand Teton National Park rangers investigate the illegal use of a drone that buzzed a grizzly bear and her two cubs in the northwest Wyoming park on Wednesday. Park spokeswoman Denise Germann tells the…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Lethal action is being taken on another wolf pack associated with livestock attacks in northeastern Washington, the state Fish and Wildlife Department announced this afternoon. Wolves in the Sherman Pack have repeatedly preyed on livestock in Ferry County during the past two...
PREDATORS -- Use of bait for hunting wolves has been rejected by the Idaho Fish and Game Commission in a 7-0 vote today. The controversial practice, which isn't allowed in any other states, has been debated through much of the summer. See a report on…
TRAILS -- Trail 55 to Snow Peak in the St. Joe Ranger District has been reopened today as the Idaho Panhandle National Forests reduce the closure area for the Buck Fire. Portions of Forest Service Roads 201 and Trail 100 (from its intersection with Trail...
CONSERVATION -- Cecil Andrus, Idaho’s longest-serving governor, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Democrat, hunter, angler and champion of wilderness and the Idaho outdoors, died late Thursday after a battle with cancer, the night before his 86th birthday. “This is one of those times when...
WATERSPORTS -- Boundary County has added a measure of safety for people who forget to bring their life jackets to a popular Kootenai River watersports area. Idaho's 101st life jacket loaner station recently was installed with the help of the Sheriff's Department at the Kootenai…
PUBLIC LANDS – After a four-month review ordered by the Trump administration and millions of public comments, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he’s recommending that none of 27 national monuments designated in remote and often pristine landscapes and ocean be eliminated. But there would be...
MOSCOW, Idaho — Aug. 15, 2017 — The College of Natural Resources Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences is seeking film submissions for its first annual Fish & Wildlife Film Festival. The event is being held as part of 75th anniversary celebration of the department....
MOUNTAINEERING -- Climbers Jess Roskelley of Spokane and Clint Helander of Alaska will detail their spring 2017 first ascent of the complete south ridge of Alaska's Mount Huntington in a multimedia program on Saturday at the Panida Theater in Sandpoint. John Roskelley, Jess's father and...
RIVERS -- The Spokane Riverkeeper's annual fundraiser, formerly 'Dirty Martinis for Clean Water,' is revised this year to get the WORD out about river stewardhip. On Oct.13, the new "Spoken River" event will incorporate art into an evening of river-focused works by local authors Maya…
PUBLIC LANDS -- The fate of about 14 revered federal public land monuments could be revealed this week as Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke concludes his review of 27 national monuments that were declared by presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton. Zinke already has announced that he...
FISHING -- Heat-related restrictions on fishing for Silver Bow Creek, the upper Clark Fork and the lower Bitterroot Rivers have been lifted, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced today. The restrictions were imposed last month when criteria were met on each water body -- water…
FISHING -- A week after wild fish activists announced a protest against net-pen fish farming in Puget Sound, the solar eclipse on Monday apparently contributed to whipping up tides that unleashed thousands of 10-pound Atlantic salmon into Bellingham Bay. Tribes, sportsmen and scientists have long...
WILDLIFE -- Grainy images of a young female fisher with her kit captured by a remote camera this summer provide the first evidence that this rare forest carnivore is reproducing in the South Cascades, where state, federal and non-profit organizations are working to reintroduce them....
FISHING -- If you haven't caught on to the new fishing experience at Deer Creek Reservoir near Headquarters, Idaho, check out this story by Eric Barker of the Lewiston Tribune: State records for tiger trout have been falling at a dizzying pace at Deer Creek...
WILDERNESS -- Trails in the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness straddling the Montana-Idaho border are getting a boost this season from volunteers who are being supported by a $6,000 grant from a new national fund. Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness recently received $6,000 from the National...
